$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  216 of 1,180

Clifford Conners raised from the hijack to 9,000, Anthony Zinno moved all in from the small blind for 30,000, and Conners called with .

Zinno turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The flop came , and the turn card was an .

But that’s when Chris Perry noticed that a card was hidden behind the jack, apparently stuck there. The dealer slid it out to reveal the .

It was a four-card flop.

Floorpeople were called over, and eventually Tournament Manager Jason Heidenthal to confirm the ruling. There is a specific ruling on the books for this situation, and that procedure was followed.

Since the original order of the cards was uncertain, all four cards would need to be shuffled amongst themselves, and a fresh flop put out using those four cards.

The new flop came out , which of course gave Conners a big lead in the hand with two pair against Zinno’s pocket tens. The that was originally on the flop became the next burn card.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Conners won the hand with two pair, aces and fives, to eliminate Zinno from the tournament.

Clifford Conners  –  235,000  (59 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  Eliminated

With about 207 players remaining from a field of 1,180, the average chip stack is about 228,000 (57 big blinds). The final 148 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $7,270 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (about 12:15 am).